§ Bills. Head a second time:—Ottoman Dominions (Consuls); Richmond Penitentiary (Ireland); Valuation (Ireland).—Read a first time:—Court of Exchequer (Scotland); Postage on Newspapers: Land Tax Commissioners Names; Established Church Bill.
§ Petitions presented. By Lord TEYNHAM, from Brechin, for an Alteration of Small Debts (Scotland) Bill so as to fix six as the Minimum Number of times in which the Sheriff is to hold a Court in Brechin.—By Lord HOLLAND, from Chatham, against the Payment of Church Rates.—By the Marquess of BUTE, from the Presbytery of Duneen, against the Universities' (Scotland) Bill.—By the Earl of MANSFIELD, from the Presbytery of Arran, against Church of Ireland Bill.